Abraham Rotstein Quotes
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I don't think it's necessary to shout if you have a good story. But I also don't think you should shy away from being bold in the statement that you're making.
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As an entrepreneur, you tend to see the opportunities where others see none.
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Hair is a huge part of who I am and what I obsess over - I've had long hair my entire life.
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I was reading scripts, doing coverage, for CAA. Reading hundreds and hundreds of scripts across the board, from blind submissions to 'Brokeback Mountain'. It was not always a pleasant task but something, in hindsight, I'm glad I did.
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I don't get hung up a lot on angst.
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I hated singing. I wanted to be an actress. But I don't think I'd have made it any other way.
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Filmmaking is a huge privilege; it's not brain surgery. It's art, and art is supposed to be an enjoyable process, and it is an enjoyable experience for me.
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I remember a time when I was younger, when if you had to see an actor, you had to go to the theatre and watch a film.
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What's weird is having your mother fly in on an aeroplane with your face on the side of it.
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There's definitely something transformative about clothes.
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When George W. Bush entered office, the national debt was $5 trillion. When he left, it was $10 trillion. I think the administration spent too much money.
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Happiness is knowing and appreciating what you've got. I am very, very, very grateful for what, to me, is dead easy.
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A Commander-in-Chief needs to do two things. One - tell us who the enemy is. And two - say we are fighting to win.
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More than half the world's largest 100 economies are corporations. They have no loyalties to place or citizens.
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So, for me the town hall meetings are really an opportunity to engage in two-way dialogue with people, and they've been very helpful.
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Anybody who's spent thirteen or fourteen years in print journalism has a lot of stories he thinks were inwardly satisfying as far as preparation, understanding, and diligence.
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It is fascinating to watch legislators turn away from their usual corporate grips when they hear the growing thunder of the people.
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More than illness or death, the American journalist fears standing alone against the whim of his owners or the prejudices of his audience. Deprive William Safire of the insignia of the New York Times, and he would have a hard time selling his truths to a weekly broadsheet in suburban Duluth.
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Cold silence has a tendency to atrophy any sense of compassion between supposed lovers, between supposed brothers.
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I'm in no way suggesting that my opinion matters more than anyone else's, of course, but the only thing that bothers me is apathy. People that sit out of the process and complain about it, or pretend that politics isn't a part of their everyday lives.
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I hope I am the antithesis of disposable fashion.
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When I was young, I knew William Burroughs really well. And William's secret desire, which he never quite did, was to write a straightforward detective novel.
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Much will have to change in Canada if the country is to stay the same.
